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Fun Trivia: W : Who Am I?

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Sport: Born in Majorca, this left-hander is "King of Clay".

    Rafael Nadal. Rafa became world number 1 in August 2008. He finally managed to claim the Wimbledon title in 2008, a title which had eluded him for the past 2 years.

Politics: He was the 34th President of the United States as well as being an Army General in World War 2.
    Dwight. D. Eisenhower. Preceeded by Truman and succeeded by Kennedy, Eisenhower gave "Camp David" its current name, naming it after his grandson.

Literature: Which author created Miss Dubose, Miss Maudie and Jean-Louise Finch?
    Harper Lee. The book in question is the Pulitzer-prize winning "To Kill A Mockingbird".

Food and Drink: Who is credited with creating the "Waldorf Salad"?
    Oscar Tschirky. The Waldorf salad is named after the Waldorf Hotel in New York and typically contains celery, apple and walnuts.

Films: Actor in "Jurassic Park" and "The Fly".
    Jeff Goldblum. Sam Neill and Richard Attenborough were both in "Jurassic Park" (1993). John Getz was in "The Fly" (1986). Goldblum starred in three films with his ex-wife Geena Davis. The films were "The Fly", "Transylvania 6-5000" and "Earth Girls Are Easy".

Television: Which "Scrubs" character was Chief of Medicine at "Sacred Heart" hospital?
    Dr. Bob Kelso. Dr. Kelso is played by Ken Jenkins. He was Chief of Medicine until his resignation in the episode "My Dumb Luck". Scrubs was created by Bill Laurence. The name of "the Janitor" is never revealed.

Religion: Who became the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1991?
    George Leonard Carey. Carey was Archbishop of Canterbury until 2002. When he was 18, he did his National Service in the RAF, during which he served in Iraq.

History: Who was the assassin of Mohandas K. Ghandi?
    Nathuram Godse. Ghandi was killed on 30th of January 1948. Godse believed Ghandi was weakening India; he was executed in 1949. John Bellingham was the assassin of British PM Spencer Percival. Mark Chapman was the assassin of John Lennon.

Science: Which scientist has a unit of inductance named after him?
    Joseph Henry. Kelvin (After Baron Kelvin) is the SI unit for temperature. Farad (After Michael Faraday) is the SI unit for capacitance. Newton (After Isaac Newton) is the SI unit for force.

Geography: Which of these was one of the first to climb K2?
    Lino Lacedelli. Hillary climbed Everest in 1953. Balmat climbed Mont Blanc in 1786. Whymper led the first successful climb of the Matterhorn in 1865. Along with Achille Compagnoni, Lacedelli reached the top of K2 in July 1954.


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